{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}} {{Infobox professional wrestling championship | name= FOW Hardcore Championship | image= | alt= | caption= | currentholder= | won= | aired= | created= October 8, 1998 | promotion=Future of Wrestling | firstchamp= Pat McGuire | finalchamp= Chris Charger | retired=July 6, 2002 | mostreigns= Bobby Rogers, Pat McGuire and Barry Horowitz (2 reigns) | longestreign=Bobby Rogers (98 days) | shortestreign=Rusty Brooks, Bobby Rogers, Pat McGuire and Barry Horowitz (<1 day) | oldest= | youngest= | heaviest= | lightest= | pastnames= }} The '''FOW Hardcore Championship''' was a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Future of Wrestling. The title was created when "Mr. Extreme" Pat McGuire won the title in Oakland Park, Florida on October 8, 1998. It was defended throughout southern Florida, most often in Oakland Park, Davie and Plantation, Florida. There have been a total of 9 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 10 official reigns.<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/hcfow.html|title=FOW Hardcore Title History|year=2002|publisher=Solie's Title Histories}}</ref>
==Title History== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !No. !Wrestlers !Reigns !Date !Days held !Place !Notes |- !1 |Pat McGuire |1 |October 8, 1998 |{{age in days|October 8, 1998|December 12, 1998}} |Oakland Park, Florida | |- !2 |Bobby Rogers |1 |December 12, 1998 |{{age in days|December 12, 1998|March 20, 1999}} |Oakland Park, Florida | |- !3 |Pat McGuire |2 |March 20, 1999 |<1 |Oakland Park, Florida |Title unified with the FOW Heavyweight Championship. |- |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |colspan="7" align=center|''Title inactive on March 20, 1999.'' |- !4 |Bobby Rogers |2 |December 1, 2001 |<1 |Davie, Florida |The title is revived in a "Xtreme Xmas Tree" mixed tag team match between Buddy Rogers and Jodi X vs. Silhouette and Nick Mayberry at "Hardcore Holiday 4". Bobby Rogers pins Nick Mayberry for the title. |- !5 |Maximum Capacity |1 |December 1, 2001 |{{age in days|December 1, 2001|February 9, 2002}} |Davie, Florida |Defeated Bobby Rogers for the title moments after the "Xtreme Xmas Tree" match. |- !6 |Barry Horowitz |1 |February 9, 2002 |{{age in days|February 9, 2002|April 13, 2002}} |Davie, Florida | |- !7 |Rusty Brooks |1 |April 13, 2002 |<1 |Davie, Florida | |- !8 |Barry Horowitz |2 |April 13, 2002 |<1 |Davie, Florida | |- !9 |The Sandman |1 |April 13, 2002 |{{age in days|April 13, 2002|June 8, 2002}} |Davie, Florida | |- !10 |Chris Charger |1 |June 8, 2002 |{{age in days|June 8, 2002|July 6, 2002}} |Plantation, Florida | |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |colspan="7" align=center|''Title retired after Chris Charger won the FOW Light Heavyweight Championship from Al Bino in Plantation, Florida on July 6, 2002.''' |- |}
==Combined reigns== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !No. of<br>reigns !Combined days |- !1 |Bobby Rogers || 2 || 98 |- !2 |Pat McGuire || 2 || 65 |- !3 |Maximum Capacity || 1 || 70 |- !4 |Barry Horowitz || 2 || 63 |- !5 |The Sandman || 1 || 56 |- !6 |Chris Charger || 1 || 28 |- !7 |Rusty Brooks || 1 || <1 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727070619/http://www.thefow.com/htm/titlehistory.htm FOW Official Title History]
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Category:Hardcore wrestling championships